New Ulm weekly review., 1887-11-23

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There, sure enough, was the reef. a
mass OF rock running along the ridge
OF the precipice apparently from four
to five feet in width. He gazed on it
with lover like devotion. That mass
OF rock meant everything to him and
Annie atsthat moment.
what are you doing?" he exclaim-
ed in some alarm as he saw Floyd
|coolly begin knocking little bits off the
precious reef. To Dick it seemed al
most sacrilege.
Getting specimens to crush," an
! swered his companion. s'Yo ont
think, Mr.. Carew; that I should ex-
pect you to take over these claims
without showing you good proof OF
their value
''No, of course not" replied Dick,
"and | don't mean to act without ad-
vice in this matter either" He was
little hurt at the idea that Floyd
took him for q greenhorn.
The other made no answer but bent
down to knock off another bit of
stone, and then came to show his col
lection to Dick To that young man
they were morsels OF stone and moth
ing more. Floyd smiled and put them
| into a bag.
Every one ofthose bits will pros,
| pect," he said, ''as I we'll show you
when We return to the camp. Now
let me tell you how man ought to
| set to work to develop this reef In
a very lucid manner lie pointed out
to his companion that by going down
the side OF the hill about $50 feet he
could put in drive at a trlfing cost
which would strike the reef at depth
| OF 100 feet, and thus show it's value
at that spot. Dick listened with all
| his ears, he know something of earth
| work and he could get plenty Of Kaffir
| labor if he chose to undertake the
| work. When the explanation was
| ended they returned to the camp,
| where Dick for the first time saw the
whole mysterious process of crushing
and panning the gold. He felt hot all
over as the process went on, and enyied
Floyd his cool, business like manner;
even when the affair was over, and
real gold was seen in every pan, in
some cases nearly all round the pan,
glittering and cleaning, the prospector
never lost his head or his calm easy
smile, and did not even throw his hat
out of the tent door, as Dick did in a
transport of Joy.
"Hurrah!" he exclaimed excitedly.
II say, Floyd, that's glorious. I'll
60 back to Barberton this very day
| and ask Moore what he thinks about
my taking this
Mr.. Floyd looked grave and shook
his head. "Moore has gone on busi-
ness to the Rand, and won't be back
you know that?"
Yes he did. Dick remembered now
that Mrs. Moore had spoken of her
husbands recent departure, but he
had been too full Of other things to at
tend. I was a nuisance for Moore to
20 away just as he was wanted, but
| "Never mind, I'll write to him." heck
claimed.
"I'll tell him all about the reef and
get his opinion"
"When will you get an answer? At
the end OF six months or 80. MIR.
| Moore is much too busy to attend to
your affairs just now. No, Mr.. Carew,
l must be plain with you. have had
since l let out the other day that I
had hit on something good down here.
| Every man OF them wanted me to put
him on. don't mind confessing that
the result of our little experiment has
been better than l hoped for, if you
can't make up you mind now. well. I
| must tell them. It isn't fair to a.
mans chums to keep a thing like this
hanging about. and they might make it
hot for me If they knew it."
Dick felt the force of these argu-
| ments, and paused to think Outside
there the sun vas shining on that
black stone which held such radiant
possibilities for him. In front of him
stood the man who offered them, and
what was he hesitating for? His own
eyes had seen the result OF their ex-
pertinent. He had seen the stone
| chipped from the block. it had never
been out of his sight during the whole
process, and he had learned enough
about gold reefs since coming to
Barberton to be aware that this was
remarkably good yield. Why
should he let it slip through his fin
gers by being over cautious. Fortune
| 4aVOl6 Vic OIdtc. ~ G6dh0 AGs A0
exclaimed. II won't watt
'Very well, Mr.. Carew, but are you
in position to take it over and work
it?" asked Floyd calmly. There was
no doubt about one thing. thought
Dick, Floyd was no greedy speculator
anxious to seize on the first chance OF
selling his reef. He was cool and
slow, and asked q good many ques-
tions and though quite alive to the
value OF the property he was parting
with he was not grasping. At last
they settled the matter. Carew was
to take over the ground from Floyd
on fair terms, and was to spend
flOO in developing it. If it proved
| good enough he was to float it into a
company Tor f1,Ooo per claim in
shares. "a very good BARGAIN for the
| shareholders, and a safe sum at
which to float a company" said
4 Flovd.a